You'll find links to pictures, rules and everything else paintball tank here: http://rctankcombat.com/
-Gregory On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Achtung Bill <[email protected]>wrote: > > What rules are we talking about? > > On Aug 1, 9:09 pm, Gregory Pwneror <[email protected]> wrote: > > Welcome Human, > > I would recommend a Tiger too, the only problem is that there's heaps in > the > > hobby already. A panther would work quite well too. I would recommend > > building a Super Heavy Tank, but I believe they are against the rules, as > > the vehicles have to have been in production. You could always build a > > support vehicle, armored car or fixed artillery. Artillery is probably > the > > easiest to make, the most expensive thing in it would be the paintball > > marker. > > > > -Gregory > > > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > First of all, welcome. Hmmm....starter kit? Not sure exactly what you > > > mean there, but any "kit" in the size of vehicles we dabble in would be > kind > > > of expensive. I bought a 1/35 scale model and took measurements off of > it. > > > Then I multiplied the measurements by 35 and divided that by 6 to get > to 1/6 > > > scale (yes, I know there is some number to multiply the measurement by > to > > > get directly to 1/6 scale but I personally didn't use it). I would > choose a > > > tank that is somewhat large (small tanks as a first tank can cause > issues > > > with fitting everything in the chassis). I would also build a tank > that > > > doesn't have too many curves or wierd features that are hard to build. > My > > > tanks are built using a table saw, drill press (and hand drill), > grinder, > > > miter saw, dremel, and a jig saw. If I were you, I would start out > with a > > > material like wood since it's cheap and fairly forgiving. Other than > that, > > > look at how some of the tanks are constructed on the rctankcombat > website to > > > get some ideas on good and bad designs. It took like a year and a half > for > > > me to build my first vehicle. I'm building a second one and it will be > > > mobile by the end of this weekend after only a month and a half. And > by all > > > means ask questions of the group. Personally I would build something > like a > > > JSU-152, a Jadgpanther, or a Jadgtiger as a beginner, but that's just > me. > > > Tank destroyers like those have gobs of room in them. > > > > > Derek > > > T065 > > > > > On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Achtung Bill <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > >> Well I am new to the R/C tank hobby, but I have been building armor > > >> kits forever and of course I like the German WW2 panzers just like > > >> everyone else. I would like to know what a good starter kit would be. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
